Terms of Cooperation between Gastronomy Tours and Activity Providers

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(December 2023) 

1. The sole proprietorship company under the name Alexandros-Ioannis Megapanos of Epaminondas with legal name Gastronomy Tours (or We), registered at the Chamber of Commerce of Greece, with GEMI (General Commercial Registry) number 083672802000, headquarters at the 1st km Pikermi- Spata Avenue, 19009 Pikermi, Attica, Greece and with Tax Identification Number: EL043478044 [hereinafter “GASTRONOMY TOURS” or “GT”] operates an online store for the promotion of gastronomic products and Producers of gastronomic products, Museums of culinary interest, Activity Providers, proposes excursions that also include visits to producers or museums of culinary products, and performs reservations for visits and activities, and operates and offers a web application and an application for Android and iOS mobile phones (hereinafter “website” or “platform”). 
   
2. The Activity Providers (hereinafter “THE ACTIVITY PROVIDER or ACTIVITY PROVIDERS”) cooperating with GASTRONOMY TOURS display their Activities on the GASTRONOMY TOURS website in the Activity category. 
   
3. The profile of the Activity of the ACTIVITY PROVIDER includes information about the services they provide to participants, such as, but not limited to, photographs, description of the activity, graphics and videos provided by the ACTIVITY PROVIDERS themselves to GASTRONOMY TOURS. ACTIVITY PROVIDERS warrant the accuracy of their material displayed on their ACTIVITY proposal profile and that such material belongs to them and/or they hold all rights to submit the material to GASTRONOMY TOURS and to publish it. They also have the possibility of modifying it whenever they so wish by informing GASTRONOMY TOURS by email to ([email protected]) to update their activity’s profile. The ACTIVITY PROVIDERS will also submit to GASTRONOMY TOURS a price list per participant for each activity they offer, which will be included in their profile. 
   
   Should the ACTIVITY PROVIDER modify or cancel its services without notifying GASTRONOMY TOURS, the ACTIVITY PROVIDER must execute any requests it has accepted under the terms of the service valid at the time of the acceptance of the request. 
   
   ACTIVITY PROVIDERS guarantee the accuracy of their price list, which cannot be changed unless GASTRONOMY TOURS is informed. 
   
   GASTRONOMY TOURS may refuse and/or make changes to the material, especially the wording that the ACTIVITY PROVIDERS submit so that it may be consistent, at the discretion of GASTRONOMY TOURS, with the style of the wording of its Platform. 
4. a) ACTIVITY PROVIDERS participate in the GASTRONOMY TOURS website and mobile Application for free.

b) Activities are always paid in advance the whole amount to a GASTRONOMY TOURS bank account.

For activities worth less than 20 €/person GASTRONOMY TOURS is paid with a 3€ standard fee from the USER once the ACTIVITY PROVIDER accepts the request and issues an invoice to the USER for the nominal value as presented at the ACTIVITY PROVIDER’S profile and the ACTIVITY PROVIDER must issue another to GASTRONOMY TOURS for the cost of their ACTIVITY not including the 3€ GASTRONOMY TOURS commission.

For activities worth more than 20€/person, GASTRONOMY TOURS is paid by a commission of the activity price, which is deducted from the ACTIVITY PROVIDERS.  Activities are always paid the whole amount to a GASTRONOMY TOURS bank account by the USER when the ACTIVITY PROVIDER has accepted the request and will issue a receipt to the USER. The ACTIVITY PROVIDER then, must issue an invoice to GASTRONOMY TOURS for the nominal activity price (as presented on the profile of the Activity) not including the GASTRONOMY TOURS commission. Finally, GASTRONOMY TOURS will transfer to the ACTIVITY PROVIDER’S bank account the amount due at the beginning of next month after completion of the activity. All necessary invoice details and the final breakdown will always be mentioned on the voucher and are delivered to the ACTIVITY PROVIDERS by GASTRONOMY TOURS once they accept the booking request. 

Gastronomy Tours Commission Rates
Activity Providers’ Activity prices do not include a commission	+15%
Activity Providers’ Activities prices include a commission	20%

Once the ACTIVITY PROVIDERS receive a notification for a reservation from an applicant, they must respond within 24 hours whether they confirm the reservation or not, otherwise, an automated message will be sent to the applicant that the Activity OFFER in question is not available. 

4. If ACTIVITY PROVIDERS cancel a reservation due to force majeure or reasons that they could not foresee or prevent, they must inform GASTRONOMY TOURS no later than 48 hours before the date of the planned activity and, if they wish, they can propose a change of date, provided that it is approved by the applicants, otherwise GASTRONOMY TOURS is obliged to return whatever amount has collected to the users, and the ACTIVITY PROVIDERS have no claim against GASTRONOMY TOURS and the users. 
   
   Suppose the ACTIVITY PROVIDERS cancel the reservation for reasons other than those provided in the immediately preceding paragraph or do not appear at the agreed time at the agreed point. In that case, GASTRONOMY TOURS is obliged to return to the applicants the amount collected and the ACTIVITY PROVIDERS to compensate GASTRONOMY TOURS with the amount of €25 per participant. ACTIVITY PROVIDERS  will also be responsible for the restoration of any damage to GASTRONOMY TOURS, including its moral damage. In addition, GASTRONOMY TOURS will be entitled to terminate its cooperation with said ACTIVITY PROVIDER and delete the profile of its ACTIVITY proposals from its platform. 
   Should the USERS cancel the visit or activity late or not show up on the scheduled activity date, GASTRONOMY TOURS will reimburse the ACTIVITY PROVIDERS.
   
5. ACTIVITY PROVIDERS can terminate their cooperation with GASTRONOMY TOURS by lodging an advance notice of one (1) month and provided all activities booked via the Platform of GASTRONOMY TOURS have taken place. Similarly, GASTRONOMY TOURS may terminate its cooperation with ACTIVITY PROVIDERS but without prior notice of termination should the ACTIVITY PROVIDER be in breach of their obligations. 
   
6. Within the framework of their cooperation both GASTRONOMY TOURS and ACTIVITY PROVIDERS process data of a personal nature related to the representatives of either party, to their personnel and the Visitors. GASTRONOMY TOURS hereby informs that the personal data it processes belong to the company under the sole proprietorship company Alexandros-Ioannis Megapanos of Epaminondas, with legal name Gastronomy Tours, registered at the Chamber of Commerce of Greece, with GEMI (General Commercial Registry) number 083672802000, headquarters at the 1st km Pikermi- Spata Avenue, 19009 Pikermi, Attica, Greece and with Tax Identification Number: EL043478044 (Data Processing Manager). PRODUCERS shall inform GASTRONOMY TOURS of the identity and contact details of their Data Processing Manager during their agreeing to the present Terms and Conditions. Otherwise, no cooperation between GASTRONOMY TOURS and the Producers will be in force. The processing of data by both contracting parties is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 of the European Union (GDPR) and the national legislation in force to protect personal data. 
   
7. The Parties confirm that they fully comply with their obligations as described and enforced by GDPR and the current national legislation for personal data protection. 
   
8. GASTRONOMY TOURS has, at any time and using any means, the right to assign either part or the complete set of its rights and obligations which derive from the present to any third party and will notify the Producers to that effect in writing.
   
9. For any disputes resulting from the cooperation between GASTRONOMY TOURS and Producers, Hellenic and Union Law are applicable, and the courts of Athens are designated as the competent courts to resolve such disputes.